The brackets and pairings are set for the ACC baseball tournament, to be held next week at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham.

Unlike the league’s more publicized postseason event in men’s basketball, only the top eight teams qualify, which made the final week of the regular season critical teams looking to get into the field.

N.C. State got the seventh seed by sweeping a three-game series at Boston College while Wake Forest snuck into the eighth and final spot by winning its final three regular-season games against Maryland. Duke, which played several home games at the DBAP this season, did not make the field.

Under the tournament’s pool play format, each team will play one game against each of the other three opponents in its division Wednesday through Saturday. The two teams with the best records within their respective division brackets will advance to the title game on Sunday, with the winner earning the ACC’s automatic berth into the NCAA tournament.

Virginia (45-9, 22-8 ACC) is the top seed in Pool A, along with North Carolina (44-12, 20-10), Miami (34-20, 19-10) and Wake Forest (25-28, 15-15) while Florida State (40-15, 19-11) tops Pool B, which also includes Georgia Tech (39-17, 22-8), Clemson (39-17, 17-13) and State (33-23, 15-15).

The ACC event begins on Wednesday with Georgia Tech playing Clemson at 11 a.m. The Wolfpack’s first game will be against Florida State at 7 p.m. Wednesday while the Tar Heels, who may be the league’s hottest team after this weekend’s domination of No. 1 Virginia, play their postseason opener Thursday at 11 a.m. against Miami.

This year’s tournament should be among the most competitive ever with six team ranked among the nation’s top 20 and five among the top nine in the country according to the latest RPI computer ratings.

Tickets for individual games or the entire tournament are available on line. For those who want to watch at home, all 13 games will be available on RSN, straight year via RSN, a regional network that covers the entire conference footprint. Click here for a list of local affiliates and stations.